On Friday I posted a message on geekzone.co.nz website and the NZNOG mailing list of the location of my file. The post was information only (so I personally wouldn't forget where it was) and linked to the file but had a clear warning that people that the file was copyrighted and no one had permission to view/download etc the file . The Results... (Over 3 days, Numbers rounded to nearest 50) Total Downloads: 2700 NZ Downloads (Non Mobile): 1900 NZ Downloads (Mobile): 100 Overseas Download: 650 NZ I presume hiding behind overseas proxy - 50 NZ has this new law in place.. something to do with copyright. All these horrible people are copying my work without permission and I want to do something about it. Reading the law I can send notices to the IPAP (the people who give out the ip addresses to this people). So lets do it.. The MED (whoever these people are) have said I should charge $25 . So it would cost me $50000 to send out notices to all the IPAPs to complain. A few problems and comments.. - How do I contact the IPAP? I cannot find on ANYONEs website on how to complain.. Checking the top 5 ISP's in NZ there was no information at all? Do I just whois the ip addresses and send it to the contact listed? There is lots of information on the users side who might get the notices but NOTHING anywhere on how Rights Holders should complain? - I don't have $50000 . I am only a small individual and I estimate the worth of my material which was copied is worth $0.000001 but it is still copyrighted by me! All these people downloaded it and if I did have $50000 and sent letter to all the IPAPS it would not help me at all. - People would have to access my work 3 times within 9 months (3 separate notices from me and as I work slowly my next work may be in 12 months time). I am stuffed.. Copyright in New Zealand lasts say 50 years after someone dies (I don't know the exact time) so why should the warnings expire after 9 months?? - NZFACT (MPAA) are the agents in NZ for large record/movie places are the "rights holders" so its ALOT easier for them to get 3 strikes under their name. - Users are not informed enough. My message was clear enough.. do NOT download my file but still 2000 people in NZ did. - What happens if I DO send in a notice? do I get any feedback? what happens when I don't get any feedback? (i.e. it is ignored or goes to the wrong person etc). Can I go up the stream? complain to one of their upstreams? - What happens when the IPAP cannot identify the person who did it? Does the IPAP get a strike against their own name? - if a user has 2 internet connections who are load balanced from the same ip address via 2 IPAPS? (BGP) who do I send the notice to? both of them? WOuld this be counted at 1 or 2 infingements? I think 1 so there is no point! - IPAP or user? who decides who is who? - If an IPAP get a notice..does the IPAP have to tell anyone this? Where is this documented in the law? . What does the law say? - Can I go after these people in any other way? Can I do a civil suit in NZ against all these people( IP Addresses). Can I name 1000's of IP Addresses in NZ Law as the people I am going after instead of physical people (as its impossible for me to know who they are) - Some people on the internet actually downloaded and put up a copy of my content on various websites? I can 92C? for free these places and DMCA the overseas websites.. but i get nothing out of it..! All my work.. copied and I get no compensation. - Why where mobile networks ignored until 2013? Can anyone tell me the technical reason? or was it political? Telecom? Vodafone? 2DegreeMobile? So what is defined as a mobile network? Is (it may) be impossible to know if an IP Address is mobile or not do I get my $25 back if I complain about someone downloading something via a Mobile Network? If I send out notice to IPAP and user disputes the 1st detection. What happens? I have lots of other questions! Mostly on the Rights Holders side and as far as I know there is no information out there. I personally can't see how this new law protects small rights holders at all. Anyway I might GPLv2 my work soon.. maybe.. BTW. NO one has paid me!